Kitten suckling help!

[ItsTheKissing]

We have 2 four month old kittens (boy and girl) and have had them since they were 9 weeks old. The girl has suddenly started suckling on us; hands, arms, ears, face and no matter how much we push her away she keeps coming back for more! Is there anything we can do to dissuade her from this?

its a comfort thing like thumb sucking maybe try put a blanket were she trying to suckle see if you can encourage her to become attached to a certain blanket instead .Something furry

It’s pretty’s normal, she wants the comfort of it.

Cheddar looks like she's trying to breastfeed from me and she's 6!

Smurfcat is 3 next March and loves attaching herself to my thumb, lying on her furry back and sucking it like a baby having a bottle. Its a comfort thing.

My 9yo cat suckles an invisible dummy in his sleep.

My six year old still does it to my ear at every opportunity

Ok thanks. That's more reassuring so will let her carry on

Don't push her away, have you got a photo

@HoleyCoMoley forgot obligatory pics...... here you go. She's the ginger and white one

Our cat's around 10 and he still does it. I've read many times on here that it's due to being taken away from mother too early. Just had a quick Google, between 8 and 12 weeks to be taken away. Maybe 12 weeks should be the minimum. Poor loves.

loads of cats do it. I think its cute. One of mine does it sometimes. Used to all the time, but he seems to have grown out of it a bit

I've only ever seen this with my recent kitten. He loves to sucking on the throw we have on the sofa.
He's very noisy though.

Ivy does this, she is a year old. She only does it on my dressing gown sleeve though. I don't try to stop her, I think it's cute but DH says it's weird...

P.s very cute kittens!!

This is the kitten, I mentioned. 💜

@TopBitchoftheWitches oh he's cute ☺️

I don't find it cute. I think it's upsetting thinking about them missing their mothers and being taken away too soon.

Yeah my 6 year old female does this still, it's a bit weird, but cute!

She only goes for fluffy fleece material though, namely my dressing gown and throw blanket!

@Vitalogy yes, I'd read that it was something to do with being removed from their mother too early. Boy kitten doesn't do it though, he's too busy stalking specs of dust on the floor!

It is cute. But not at 4am!

Ivy wasn't taken away too soon. She is a rescue who we got at 16 weeks, she was in the same pen as her mum from birth until we adopted her.

She still suckles.

My little boy's mum rejected all her kittens so they were hand reared. I was told this could happen.

If he finds comfort in it, I'm ok with that.

@ItsTheKissing thank you, he is lovely, most of the time

My little boy suckles his furry bed.

I used to have a girl Siamese kitten who would suckle at the nipples of my older boy Siamese. They would settle in the corner of the sofa and go to it. The look of bliss on the boy’s face was something to behold. He loved it. 😹